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Essilor Shares Rise Sharply in Past Month

Essilor’s stock price has been on the rise in the last 4 weeks, increasing 5.97% in that span. Shares of Essilor have moved 0.93% in the last 6 months, and 24.31% over the past year.

Essilor had previously announced that their employee shareholding had surpassed 50%, beating their 35% target.

The Essilor/Luxottica merger has now been approved in Canada, Australia, Colombia, India, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and Taiwan. The proposed merger is still being investigated by the European Commission, and the initial February 26, 2018 deadline for a decision has been pushed back after the commission requested more information from the companies.

More information: https://rivesjournal.com/market-check-these-shares-up-over-the-last-month-essilor-intl-adr-esloy/473331/

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Modern Optical Hires New National Sales Trainer

Roselle, IL – Modern Optical International announces the addition of Debora DeLong who will serve as the company’s National Sales Trainer. An industry veteran with 23+ years of training and optical experience, Debora will assist with recruitment and lead the onboarding and training process for all new hires. Collaborating closely with Chris Millet, Modern’s Director of Sales Development, she will also assist with key account management.

“Debora’s newly-created position is an investment in the future of Modern Optical,” said Ken Weissman, President and CEO. “We are very fortunate to have someone of Debora’s caliber and energy on our Modern Team. Her extensive optical experience and training expertise will accelerate our newest territory managers’ learning curves to achieve targeted results at a faster rate.”

Source: Modern Optical International

 

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Cooper Announces Revenue Gains in 2017

The Cooper Companies, Inc. announced financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended October 31, 2017. Fourth quarter revenue increased 8% year-over-year to $561.5 million. Fiscal 2017 revenue increased 9% to $2,139.0 million.

For CooperVision, the largest year over year increases in revenue were in toric (8%), and single-use sphere (8%), while the European/Middle East/Africa region saw the largest grown, at 12% year over year.

Commenting on the results, Robert S. Weiss, Cooper’s president and chief executive officer said, “I am pleased to report record revenue, record EPS and record cash flow for the year. We accomplished this through market share gains across all geographies, success with our 1-Day silicone hydrogel and Biofinity® franchises, along with CooperSurgical’s success with its fertility business. We enter fiscal 2018 with momentum and are well positioned for sustained growth in each of our businesses.”

Click HERE for the full press release.

 

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Kering Appoints Chief Client and Digital Officer

Kering announces the appointment of Grégory Boutté as Chief Client and Digital Officer. He will report directly to Jean-François Palus, Managing director of Kering, and will be a member of the Group’s Executive Committee.

His responsabilities as Kering’s Chief Client and Digital Officer will be to lead the Group’s digital transformation and to drive the development of e-commerce, CRM and data management.

About Gregory Boutte 

Grégory Boutté, 45, began his career in fast-moving consumer goods, working in brand management at Procter & Gamble in Paris before moving to the tech sector, joining the French online auction start-up iBazar in 2000, which was acquired by eBay in 2001. He then became General Manager of eBay France, which quickly became one of the most popular e-commerce platforms in France. He went on to manage eBay Europe (excl. UK and Germany) in 2007 before moving to eBay Motors and Electronics divisions in San Jose, California in 2010. In 2013, Grégory Boutté joined Sidecar, the first short-distance, peer-to-peer ride-sharing platform which was bought by General Motors in 2016. In 2015, Gregory joined Udemy, a start-up which provides 15 million students the opportunity to take online courses.

Grégory Boutté is a graduate of ESCP Europe.

Source: Kering

 

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